Week 32 brings us a match on Oct 16th, where Botafogo will play host to Internacional in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Botafogo recorded a 1-0 shutout win against São Paulo. Tiquinho struck first for Botafogo in the 90th minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed São Paulo couldn’t manage to score, and Botafogo took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Botafogo should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 2nd placed Internacional is fresh off their 4-2 win against Goiás. Mauricio struck first for Internacional in the 13th minute on a feed from Pedro Henrique, but Pedro Raúl got the equalizer for Goiás in the 33rd minute , but luckily for Internacional it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Internacional looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10.
On Jun 19th, Internacional hosted Botafogo in their last match together. Botafogo won by a score of 3 to 2. Andrade dos Santos scored the first goal for Internacional in the 9th minute from the penalty spot, then Fabricio Bustos added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Alan Patrick Finally they completed the comback victory in the 101st minute on a goal by Hugo Goncalves Ferreira Neto to cap off a wild match.
Both Pedro Henrique and Carlos De Pena have been the hottest scorers for Internacional in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Tiquinho has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Botafogo.